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Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

Statewide Stats

March 2025

	EDR 4 - West Central	2023 Claims	2024 Claims	2025 Claims	2023/ 2024 % Change	2024/ 2025 % Change	Click for historical data
	Total Claims	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%

Major Industry (NAICS codes)

11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	14	10		-28.6%	0.0%
21	Mining				0.0%	0.0%
22	Utilities				0.0%	0.0%
23	Construction	95	106	66	11.6%	-37.7%
31	Manufacturing	68	60	55	-11.8%	-8.3%
42	Wholesale Trade	27	14	12	-48.1%	-14.3%
44	Retail Trade	65	32	28	-50.8%	-12.5%
48	Transportation and Warehousing	18	17	30	-5.6%	76.5%
51	Information	10			0.0%	0.0%
52	Finance and Insurance	24	10		-58.3%	0.0%
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing				0.0%	0.0%
54	Professional and Technical Services	25	17	15	-32.0%	-11.8%
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises				0.0%	0.0%
56	Administrative and Waste Services	31	16	25	-48.4%	56.3%
61	Educational Services	18		11	0.0%	0.0%
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	73	56	55	-23.3%	-1.8%
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation				0.0%	0.0%
72	Accommodation and Food Services	57	28	32	-50.9%	14.3%
81	Other Services, Ex. Public Admin	20		17	0.0%	0.0%
92	Public Administration	26	10		-61.5%	0.0%
99	Unclassified			14	0.0%	0.0%

Occupational Group (Standard Occupational Classification system)

110000	Management Occupations	34	13	19	-61.8%	46.2%
130000	Business and Financial Operations Occupations			11	0.0%	0.0%
150000	Computer and Mathematical Occupations	10			0.0%	0.0%
170000	Architecture and Engineering Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
190000	Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
210000	Community and Social Services Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
230000	Legal Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
250000	Education, Training, and Library Occupations			21	0.0%	0.0%
270000	Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occ	33			0.0%	0.0%
290000	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	18	12		-33.3%	0.0%
310000	Healthcare Support Occupations	17	16	24	-5.9%	50.0%
330000	Protective Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
350000	Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations	37	27	28	-27.0%	3.7%
370000	Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occup.	18			0.0%	0.0%
390000	Personal Care and Service Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
410000	Sales and Related Occupations	112	32	16	-71.4%	-50.0%
430000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	57	33	31	-42.1%	-6.1%
450000	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations		12		0.0%	0.0%
470000	Construction and Extraction Occupations	102	101	82	-1.0%	-18.8%
490000	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations		18	11	0.0%	-38.9%
510000	Production Occupations	47	34	36	-27.7%	5.9%
530000	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	30	35	40	16.7%	14.3%
550000	Military Specific Occupations				0.0%	0.0%
990000	Unknown	31	34	40	9.7%	17.6%

Demographics

Education
	Less than 12 years	41	31	34	-24.4%	9.7%
	12 years	365	170	171	-53.4%	0.6%
	13-15 years	167	153	149	-8.4%	-2.6%
	Over 15 years	33	60	53	81.8%	-11.7%
Sex
	Male	359	256	245	-28.7%	-4.3%
	Female	247	158	162	-36.0%	2.5%
Age
	Under age 22	29	15	25	-48.3%	66.7%
	Age 22 to 29	88	70	74	-20.5%	5.7%
	Age 30 to 39	173	104	92	-39.9%	-11.5%
	Age 40 to 49	118	96	89	-18.6%	-7.3%
	Age 50 to 59	123	75	77	-39.0%	2.7%
	Age 60 to 64	44	26	31	-40.9%	19.2%
	Age 65 and over	28	23	17	-17.9%	-26.1%
	Info. not available				0.0%	0.0%
Race
	White	540	347	357	-35.7%	2.9%
	Black or African American,	17	15	11	-11.8%	-26.7%
	American Indian or Alaska Native		15		0.0%	0.0%
	Asian				0.0%	0.0%
	Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander				0.0%	0.0%
	Race Unknown	39	37	32	-5.1%	-13.5%
Ethnicity
	Not Hispanic or Latino	553	362	355	-34.5%	-1.9%
	Hispanic or Latino	12	17	21	41.7%	23.5%
	Ethnicity Unknown	41	35	31	-14.6%	-11.4%

Economic Regions (click to view data by region)

R01000	EDR 1 - Northwest	258	390	264	51.2%	-32.3%
R02000	EDR 2 - Headwaters	328	292	259	-11.0%	-11.3%
R03000	EDR 3 - Arrowhead	1,397	1,220	1,308	-12.7%	7.2%
R04000	EDR 4 - West Central	606	414	407	-31.7%	-1.7%
	Becker County	103	65	76	-36.9%	16.9%
	Clay County	177	86	72	-51.4%	-16.3%
	Douglas County	97	77	69	-20.6%	-10.4%
	Grant County	13	11	18	-15.4%	63.6%
	Otter Tail County	149	128	137	-14.1%	7.0%
	Pope County	20	28	22	40.0%	-21.4%
	Stevens County	16	13		-18.8%	0.0%
	Traverse County	14			0.0%	0.0%
	Wilkin County	17			0.0%	0.0%
R05000	EDR 5 - North Central	552	446	514	-19.2%	15.2%
R06E00	EDR 6E- Southwest Central	362	305	383	-15.7%	25.6%
R06W00	EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	130	69	88	-46.9%	27.5%
R07E00	EDR 7E- East Central	918	813	733	-11.4%	-9.8%
R07W00	EDR 7W- Central	1,592	1,507	1,346	-5.3%	-10.7%
R08000	EDR 8 - Southwest	322	227	232	-29.5%	2.2%
R09000	EDR 9 - South Central	792	698	720	-11.9%	3.2%
R10000	EDR 10 - Southeast	1,579	1,180	1,370	-25.3%	16.1%
R11000	EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	10,559	8,690	9,107	-17.7%	4.8%

All Initials Total new and reactivated applications for unemployment benefits.

Regular Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month.

Regular and PUA Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month for benefits under the regular and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) UI programs.

Extended Continued The number of ongoing requests during the week including the 12th of the month under current extension programs.

Unemployment Insurance Claimant Characteristics

March 2025

EDR 4 - West Central